Information System
an automated system that uses computer hardware and software to record, manipulate, store, recover, and disseminate data (that is, a
... [Show More] system that receives and processes input and provides output)
Financial applications
software applications that handle patient accounts, budgets, and other financial activities
Mainframe computers
large computers that are used by the government and other organizations that require speed and the ability to process large amounts of data.
Dumb Terminals
all of the processing is performed at the server or mainframe
Cloud Computing
a system that operates on a computer that is owned and maintained by a vendor.
Intranet
a private information network that uses Internet technologies; however, its servers are located inside a firewall or security barrier so that the general public cannot gain access to information housed within the network
Health Information Exchange
the exchange of health information electronically between providers and others with the same level of interoperability.
Evidence-based medicine
healthcare services based on clinical methods that have been thoroughly tested through controlled, peer-reviewed biomedical studies
Clinical pathways
a tool designed to coordinate multidisciplinary care planning for specific diagnoses and treatments
clinical practice guidelines
provide a detailed, step-by-step guide used by healthcare practitioners to make knowledge-based decisions related to patient care and issued by an authoritative organization such as a medical society.
Health Informatics
scientific discipline that is concerned with the cognitive, information-processing, and communication tasks of healthcare practice, education, and research, including the information science and technology to support these tasks
Data Analytics
the science of examining raw data with the purpose of drawing conclusions about that information
Data mining
process of extracting and analyzing large volumes of data from a database for the purpose of identifying hidden and sometimes subtle relationships or patterns and using those relationships to predict behaviors.
dashboards
reports of process measures to help leaders follow progress to assist with strategic planning
descriptive statistics
set of statistical techniques used to describe data, such as means, frequency distributions, and standard deviations; describes the characteristics of a specific group or a population
inferential statistics
set of statistical techniques that allows researchers to make generalizations about a population's characteristics on the basis of a sample's characteristics,
predictive modeling
process used to identify patterns that can be used to predict the odds of a particular outcome based on the observed data. Uses historical data in order to predict what is likely to happen in the future. [Show Less]